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Portolese, Laura; Krause, Jackie; Bonner, Julie – American Journal of Distance Education, 2016
This article focuses on timed tests and specifically on whether increased time enhances test performance. Three courses during the Winter 2015 term (quizzes n = 573) and three courses over the Spring 2015 term (quizzes n = 600) comprised this sample. Students were given the same tests, but the experimental group (Spring 2015) was given 50% more…
Descriptors: Timed Tests, Time Factors (Learning), Performance Factors, Experimental Groups
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Woods, Kathryn; Frogge, George – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2017
This study compared and contrasted preferences and experiences of traditional and nontraditional students. Students at a midsized state university in the southeast region of the United States were surveyed to determine the number of hours spent working off campus, hours spent studying, their preferred learning format, and current grade point…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Preferences, Student Experience
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Miller, Cynthia J. – World Journal of Education, 2014
Students in undergraduate physiology courses often have difficulty understanding complex, multi-step processes, and these concepts consume a large portion of class time. For this pilot study, it was hypothesized that online multimedia resources may improve student performance in a high-risk population and reduce the in-class workload. A narrated…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Education, Physiology, Technology Uses in Education